This is meant as a general guide to Community for how they should submit Requests to us. Feedback welcome & encouraged!
1.7.1 – seems we've had several fixes in 1.7.x branch recently (though none seem serious). We may want to begin thinking about whether we want to release a 1.7.1 within next month or two.
Schedule a "Special Topics" Meeting? Any of the following could make for a nice discussion (these are all larger topics that have come up recently).
Discuss usage or best practices around git / DCVS
Discuss forming a "Documentation Management Team"? Or reworking our procedures for managing/reviewing/approving Docs on the Wiki.
Discuss improving how DSpace handles Metadata. Several ideas mentioned recently:
Side Discussion about i18n release processes. Mark Diggory & Tim Donohue had some general disagreement on processes during meeting, but have since been resolved.
Mark's stance was: i18n language packs should be released asynchronously, so that releases need not wait for them, and so they can be updated between releases.
Tim's stance was: agreed with Mark, but with one exception. i18n keys (in language packs) should be kept stable (as much as possible) between bug-fix releases (e.g. 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1). This would ensure that during a bug-fix release, we didn't require re-translation effort to take place. The only exception to this would be if there was actually a bug where necessary i18n keys were missing from the language packs, or a bug could only be fixed by adding new i18n keys.
After this discussion, Mark & Tim agreed via email that i18n keys should be kept as stable as possible during bug-fix releases.
New "How To Contribute Ideas or Suggest New Features" on How to Contribute to DSpace page. Comments / Improvements welcome!
Discussion of whether a 1.7.1 is immediately necessary
Developers decided there are no bug fixes that need immediate release (though DS-785 may need release once it is resolved)
At this point, we see no immediate need for a 1.7.1. But, we reserve the right to change our minds later, and will revisit this likely in the next few weeks/months.
Upcoming Special Topics Meetings
'git' Special Topic Meeting - scheduled for Feb 9, Peter Dietz will lead
"DSpace Metadata" Special Topic Meeting - widespread interest. As yet unscheduled, also need someone to lead it.